Comments on: How To: Use All Of Your Brain

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:43:41 +0000

My turn to act all high and mighty! I believe that we do use all of it, just not its full potential. Which is speed. Our subconscious processes information far faster than our consciousness. If we could use subconscious part consciously, that would be full brain power usage. That is all.

By: vince

vince — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:31:41 +0000

of course it would be bad if we take a chunk out of the brain. just like anything else, take a chunk out of your fat and there’s consequences. even though we don’t use it doesn’t mean anything. it is impossible for us to say that we do or don’t use that much of the brain. just for the fact that our fancy gizmos say that doesn’t mean much, we interpret things in our own way but that doesn’t make it true. just because we say something doesn’t make a true. so for the fact that some say we use 90% of our brain and others say we don’t know can say either side is right. so stop acting all high and mighty with your own perception of this debate.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:48:15 +0000

i disagree – i still beleive that there are parts of our brain that we dont use or dont use to its full protental, there is always space for new knowledge and to learn new things phyisical and mentally. everyone is different, some smarter some learn easier. plus every generation is getting better and better maybe this is us evolving to use these parts of the brain more usefully. either way there is still alot of advances our brains can do that we just dont know how yet. like speach it is tourt to you and walking, every think we know how is tourt to us. so how can we use something that none of us know how to.

By: Talon

Talon — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:14:03 +0000

It’s not that we don’t use that ninety percent. It’s that we don’t use more than ten percent of our brain AT A TIME. Overall, we use all of our brain. Just not at the same time.

By: beth

beth — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:42:14 +0000

if we only use 10 percent of our brain, we’d prolly be mush!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:10:07 +0000

I’m curious to know if there are parts of our brains we don’t use.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:19:18 +0000

I think that this sort of ‘material metaphor’ is simply the wrong way of thinking about the brain. That leads (see above) to obsession about brain volume – it is much better to think in terms of information processing strategies and content – what is actually going on inside. Neurons are really astonishingly inactive in a healthy brain – one of the few times that they work flat out is during an epileptic fit. what is s magical about the brain is how less is more – you need lots of inactivity to give ‘space between the notes’ Imagine a radio working at 100% -all it would produce is white noise – for music, sculpture and thought it is what is missing that makes what is left interesting. However, the bottom line is that currently what we call psychology is in the same position that medicine was when it was practiced by barbers. We are all basically talking bullshit … myself included.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:51:21 +0000

I’d like to point out that I just had to delete two eerily similar (*cough*bot*cough*) responses promoting some Amazing! New! Method! sure to help you (Yes, You!) access that 90% of your brain you don’t really use.

Besides being incredibly apropos and hilarious, this incident is also a great demonstration of why Flossers need to get out there and spread some trivia for the good of this nation. It’s up to you guys. No one else can save your less-well-read friends from lame Internet scams.

By: Melodie

Melodie — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:33:43 +0000

If ignorance is bliss and we are using only 10% of our brain, then it follows that we would all be blissful. I myself am blissful, but that is because i am on some heavy duty Rx’s. Anyway,

By: Darwin Hood

Darwin Hood — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:24:27 +0000

The problem is not in how much brain we use, but how we use it. Scientists measuring the quality of cognizance would do us an inestimable service in checkout lines across the country. We are what we think. I think.